Once upon a time, you thought your dog would wag a grateful tale while you went to work, but instead he soiled your magic carpet. Thankfully, you've found the prince of pet palaces with today's deal from Four Paws Pet Resort: Spend $24 for three doggie daycare passes (regularly $48), or $49 for four overnight boarding passes (regularly $108). Your home will look less grim as your dog makes charming doggie friends and enjoys tender love, care, and extensive exercise adventures throughout massive indoor and outdoor supervised playing facilities. These lodgings -- with two locations in Richmond, as well as in Ashland and Fredericksburg -- are specially crafted to provide your pet with a fairy tale experience in non-traditional guest suites rather than cages. This is a price far, far away from full -- and your doggie is in for storybook bedding.

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Like a failed friendship, a chipped windshield begins with a small fracture that widens into an irreparable crack after a turbulent road trip. Keep it together with this Groupon.

Choose from Three Options $21 for one windshield-chip repair (a $65 value) $25 for two windshield-chip repairs (an $80 value) $28 for three windshield-chip repairs (a $95 value)

Skilled technicians protect the structural integrity and visibility of windshields through meticulous windshield rock-chip repairs. As long as chips are smaller than a quarter, away from the edge of the windshield, and outside of the acute driving field of vision, techs can prevent dings from spreading into spiderlike cracks, leaving behind only a tiny blemish the size of a car's birthmark.

Ace Glass

For more than 15 years, the highly trained technicians at Ace Glass have repaired and installed glass in autos, homes, and businesses with well-honed skills and sophisticated tools and technology. The team's vast repertoire allows them to tackle nearly any job, from preventing cracks from spreading in windshields to putting up shiny walls of mirrors in gyms. Each tech plies his trade with 10-45 years of experience under his tool belt, ensuring that cracked car windows block out noise and air and that homes and offices sparkle with newly installed storm windows, glass tables, patio doors, or life-size diamond statues of Larry Bird.

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Big wheels keep on turnin' through that morning commute, and you might have to leave that good job in the city unless you get out on the water. Hitch a ride on a riverboat queen with today's deal from KAYAKrichmond: Spend $45 for a 2.5-hour recreational kayaking course on a weekday (regularly $90), and $49 on the weekend (regularly $100). Or pay $89 and get the same package for two people on a weekday (regularly $180), and $99 on the weekend (regularly $200). You'll be rolling down the river with a new sense of pride after swinging through this course that takes it nice and easy on slow-moving water and includes a land-based introduction with a safety briefing. This rockin' Richmond company provides instruction along the James River and partners you with a duet partner who boasts years of boating experience and will be happy to give you some assistance.

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Physicists estimate that 47% of the energy in the universe is stored in stars, and the other 98% rages inside human children. Release your child's unyielding cosmic energy with this Groupon.

$15 for Four Walk-In Play Passes (Up to $36 Value)

Walk-in play grants children 10 and younger all-access admission to an array of vibrantly colored inflatables.

Kangaroo Jac's

Kangaroo Jac's avenue of inflatable structures bustles with giggling swarms of children 10 and younger. During walk-in play, youngsters milk the all-access admission by repeatedly plummeting down the safe but steep fortress slide, hurdling over obstacles in the crossover course, and exploring the expansive Koombo Kombo-a two-story, inflatable dreamscape, elaborate enough to house a balloon animal Citizen Kane. Abiding by the facility's core values to provide "hassle-free birthdays," staff members help organize and clean up after parties, hosted in a private room where each child can gorge themselves on pizza, drinks, and birthday wishes.

The parent area's TVs and WiFi keeps adults up-to-date on national news, whereas the toddler area and MagicLand bounce zone keeps tots up to date on local gibberish. Throughout the year, Kangaroo Jac's supports the community by donating to local organizations and hosting dedicated playtime for children with special needs.

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You color code your lists, your home, and your emails to get ahead in life, but there's a mane concern you've been cutting out. Brighten your coiffure catalogue with today's deal from Artistic Fusion Hair Company: Pay $55 and get a haircut, partial highlights or a full color, deep conditioning treatment, and style (a $150 value). Put your hair affairs in order with professional coloring products from Goldwell, for high-performance permanent or semi-permanent color and care, as well as an inventive inventory of tones. This eco-friendly West Broad salon coordinates the to-hue lists of the entire metro area and boasts a noted styling team that caters its work to your individuality. You've cracked the color code while managing to leave every hair in place -- check it off your list while Richmond checks you out. Want more? Visit Artistic Fusion Hair Company on Facebook.

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Oceanside Resort Offering Recreation and Relaxation for Families

With elegant movements and precise timing, a trapeze performer dives from a platform, releases her grip on the bar, and twirls midair. Just as she begins to descend, the performer's hand finds the bar again, prompting applause inside the Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach's amphitheater. Weekly trapeze acts such as this one-as well as daily trapeze lessons for guests-provide nightly entertainment that complement the all-inclusive resort's white sand beaches, outdoor pool, and tropical drinks.

Most nonmotorized watersports are among resort's all-inclusive offerings, meaning families can captain small sailboats, steer windsurfing boards, or don snorkeling gear and head out to the ocean to network with local starfish. Away from the waves, families will find tennis, basketball, and beach volleyball courts as well as island music serving as the soundtrack to Bahamian dance lessons. Three onsite restaurants collectively offer both buffet and à la carte dining, from fine Italian fare to pan-Asian specialties. Poolside and beachfront bars serve cocktails, wine, and fresh fruit beneath thatched, palapa-style umbrellas.

Like the outdoor pool, each ocean-view room overlooks the Atlantic. Private balconies or terraces come furnished with wicker lounges, where families can comfortably enjoy views of the turquoise tides. Lemon, lime, and tangerine tones colorize the walls and linens within each retreat, giving interiors a fresh, citrusy vibe.

Freeport, Grand Bahama: Tropical Oasis Rich in Wildlife

Freeport is located on the southern coast of Grand Bahama island, home to three national parks and several beaches. Perched on a peninsula just outside Freeport, the Port Lucaya Marketplace hosts 80 stores selling Bahamian sundries and services. On the marketplace's west end, artisans craft jewelry, furniture, and souvenirs from dried palm fronds and wood.

Just a few minutes from the resort lies the tropical greenery at the Garden of the Groves, where you can visit its chapel, roam the hibiscus garden, and watch birds, turtles, and fish. Farther east, orchids and ming trees line trails and boardwalks in Lucayan National Park, a 40-acre tract that's also home to one of the world's most extensive underwater cave systems.

Read the Fine Print for important info on travel dates and other restrictions.

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For centuries, horseshoes have been associated with good fortune, which is why homeowners hang them over doorways and brides lob them at groups of their single friends. Get hitched with this Groupon.

Choose from Three Options $40 for two 30-minute private English horseback-riding lessons (an $80 value) $75 for four 30-minute private English horseback-riding lessons (a $160 value) $108 for six 30-minute private English horseback-riding lessons (a $240 value)

Private lessons build upon a foundation of English-style riding, grooming, and etiquette basics, as well as classic techniques before branching off into specifics according to age and ability level. Students should arrive clad in long pants and hard-toed shoes, but helmets and other equipment will be provided. In bad weather, lessons are held indoors.

Fox Pointe Farm, L.L.C.

Colleen Seely, a riding instructor and judge for local equestrian shows, channels her love for the gentle creatures into Fox Pointe Farm, L.L.C., which she opened in 2005. The 27-acre expanse houses two arenas-one lighted with professional footing and the other sandier than a hermit crab's beach house-as well as two barns' worth of stables, grassy pastures, trails, and a swimming pool. Within the tranquil setting, Colleen and her staff train and board horses for showing at local venues or the farm's own school. Focus shifts from horses to riders during lessons for beginner and intermediate riders, in addition to summer camps for avid athletes. Some overnight camps span an entire week, during which 10 girls bunk in the air-conditioned Fox Den cabin after a day of riding.

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Athleticism is more than leaping over a hurdle and drop-kicking a computer after it beats you in chess. Be a good sport with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options $44 for registration to the Wintergreen Resort Adventure Challenge on Saturday, June 30 (an $89 value) $39 for registration to the Wintergreen Resort Adventure Challenge on Sunday, July 1 (a $79 value)

Open to participants 18 and older, the Wintergreen Resort Adventure Challenge tests mental and physical strength with 7 miles of rocky obstacles. Race days progress in heats, with the first group of 200 competitors hitting the course at 8 a.m. each morning. After the race, muddy finishers reunite to enjoy live music and refuel with eats and drinks (not included in the value of this Groupon).

Wintergreen Resort Adventure Challenge

At first glance, the Wintergreen Resort Adventure Challenge seems like a suitable place to take a scenic jaunt. Then, you reach the obstacles. Tucked within the Blue Ridge Mountains, the rocky, 7-mile course challenges thrill-seekers with extreme elevation changes and 20 unique obstacles such as mud crawls, tightropes, and log walls. Each hurdle aims to slow racers down while also helping them to build endurance, strength, and the confidence necessary to trick fellow racers into taking phony shortcuts.

Following the grueling dash, adventurers can stick around for the after-party, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., to enjoy live music and food and beverages for purchase. The Wintergreen Resort Adventure Challenge supports Wintergreen Adaptive Sports (WAS), an organization that partners with the Virginia Special Olympics and Wounded Warriors to create outdoor-recreation experiences for people with disabilities.

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